Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 24/07/20269/20 Another point immediately stood out to me. Read the wording carefully. It specifically refers to ships. Cargo. “Anything related thereto.” Notice who is missing. The people. The seafarers… 180
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 24/07/202610/20 Where are injury claims? Death benefits? Psychological trauma? Medical costs? Repatriation? Compensation for crews trapped in a war zone? The wording protects commercial property far more clearly than it protects human beings. 180
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 24/07/202611/20 That fits an uncomfortable pattern I’ve been writing about throughout #TheHormuzCrisis. When maritime crises occur, governments move remarkably quickly to protect trade. They move much more slowly when protecting the workers who actually keep that trade moving. 281